Tuesday, January 22, 2013

For The Birds

This week's Merry Monday theme for Christmas cards is- For The Birds. I have to use a bird image on my Christmas card and this stumped me for a while. The only bird stamps I have are owls, and I plan to use them on some other cards this week so I wanted to do something different.

Luckily, I remembered some old Christmas paper I had lying around that had some cute birds on it. I fussy cut the bird and voila, there was my birdy Christmas card image!

I am not usually a big Christmas paper hoarder. The papers I used are part of a Christmas range but don't scream Christmas to me. However, I do like the colours together and may have to experiment with blue and red more often.

Here is my bird Christmas card:


I am not 100% happy with the sentiment placement, but felt like the card needed some sort of Christmas message on the front. I do like the bird though, I think he is really cute!

Supplies used:

Stampin' Up: Island Indigo Cardstock, Island Indigo Ink, Joyous Celebrations stamp set.

Creative Memories:  Nordic Christmas paper pack, square maker (to make the banner edges), 12" Rotary Trimmer with Straight and Scoring blades, CCS with oval template.

Bella Blvd: Christmas Wishes Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Cute Cuts.

I can't wait to see what next week's challenge is!

7 comments :

  1. He's so cute! Lovely match of papers. x

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  2. This cute little owl works perfectly for Christmas, Lauren! Thanks for sharing him with us at Merry Monday!

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  3. Very cute card, the little bird is so sweet. Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday this week.

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  4. Oh how darling! I love the adorable little penguin!! So cute!

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  5. Oh MY, that penguin is adorable, Thanks so much for joining us this week for the Merry Monday Challenge.

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  6. Great idea to use the bird from the DSP -it's a sweet little bird. I too struggled with bird images on mine! Thanks for joining us at Merry Monday this week!

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  7. Oh so cute!!! Great idea with the DSP! Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday this week.

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